Thursday, February 25, 2010

I'm the lucky winner & proud owner of this bracelet! It's called "Aberdeen Ferns" and was created by Erin of Tesori Trovati, which means "Treasures Found". I follow her blog & made a comment on one of her "give-away" posts. Imagine my excitement when I found out my name was drawn!

I had to include a picture of the beautifully coordinated packaging, too! It was inside a gift box tied with a matching ribbon and included a tag decribing the inspiration behind it and the items used to create it. Also included was a hand written note. All very special! Erin's "signature" is the skeleton key, which I love. The first thing I looked for was the little metal tag stamped with a skeleton key attached to the bracelet. As one of her blog followers, I knew it would be there!

Friday, February 19, 2010

I made this necklace & earrings especially for her because she likes Dragonflies. A "fried marble" is attached to the tail. My granddaughter{Delaney} & I like to do crafty things together. One day we fried marbles. They turned out quite pretty & sparkly! Delaney gave one of the marbles to Mom and she has saved it so I knew it would have special meaning on the necklace.

I used Czech Fire Polished beads in "Moonlight Mist". These are so pretty, aqua with bronze-y accents, which went perfectly with the Vintaj bronze wire. I used a Vintaj Scrolled Filigree Ring & Art Deco Dragonfly, and used a Vintaj bead cap to attach the marble. The earrings are Dragonfly Connectors with a "Moonlight Mist" dangle.

As soon as I read the challenge I knew I wanted to use this pendant. It is repurposed from an old necklace. I love the quirky bent key and dangling moon. To complete the theme, I used 8mm Moonstone beads crocheted on silver wire. The Moonstone beads are translucent and seem to glow.

Thanks to the challenge I was able to use two things from my "stash" that I really like and wouldn't have thought to put together otherwise.